The Alumni Career Award is the most prestigious recognition given by the University of Maine Alumni Association. It is presented annually to a University of Maine graduate whose life’s work is marked by outstanding achievements in professional, business, civic and/or other public service areas.
- One award may be given annually
- Only alumni are eligible
- Not eligible: any current UMAA board member, current UMAA or UMaine Foundation employee, or current member of the Alumni Awards Selection Committee
Nomination materials:
- Separate letters from at least two nominators detailing the nominee’s record of outstanding career achievements
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One additional letter from someone closely familiar with the nominee’s performance and achievements relevant to the award
Recipients by year
2024 Jim Dill ’72, ’74G
2023 Hon. Prof. D. Allan Butterfield ’68, ’02 Sc.D.
2022 Hon. Leigh Ingalls Saufley ’76
2021 Hon. Judge George Singal ’67
2020 George Smith ’70 *
2019 Chuck Peddle ’59 *
2018 Hon. John E. Baldacci ’86
2017 Donna Loring ’86
2017 Paula Noyes Singer ’66
2016 Dr. David Bronson ’69
2016 Maj Gen Peter T. Berry ’61
2015 Dr. Robert LaPrade ’81
2014 Bernd Heinrich ’64
2013 Adm. Gregory G. Johnson ’68
2012 David Lamb ’62 *
2011 Alan R. Furth ’78
2010 Maj. Gen. John “Bill” Libby ’66
2009 Franklin Van Antwerpen ’64*
2008 Dorothea Butler Marsden ’50
2007 F. William Smullen III ’62
2006 Cynthia Nelson ’55*
2005 John D. Buckley ’49*
2004 Olympia J. Snowe ’69
2003 George H. Ellis ’41*
2002 John H. Reed ’42*
2001 Clifford J. Rosen, M.D. ’71
2000 Francis “Andy” Andrews ’42*
1999 Stanley Falkow ’55
1998 Frederick E. Hutchinson ’53*
1997 Alice R. Stewart ’37*
1996 Mary-‘Vesta Marston-Scott ’46
1995 Beryl Warner Williams ’35*
1994 Maurice K. Goddard ’35*
1993 Bernard Lown, M.D. ’42
1992 Robert F. Chandler, Jr. ’29*
1991 William W. Treat ’40*
1990 John Alvin Pierce ’28*
1989 Dr. John J. Murray, Jr. ’37*
1988 Dr. Seldon E. Bernstein ’49
1987 Doris Twitchell Allen ’23*
1986 J. Edward DeCourcy ’34*
1985 Frank W. Hussey ’25*
1984 Lawrence W. Davee ’22*
1983 Thomas E. Lynch ’38*
1982 Malcolm G. Long ’32*
1981 Stephen E. King ’70
1980 George P. Hitchings ’37*
1979 Hazen H. Ayer ’24*
1978 Raymond H. Fogler ’15*
1977 Marion E. Martin ’35*
1976 Dr. Harold H. Beverage ’15*
1975 Colby H. Chandler ’50
1974 Dr. Louise Bates Ames ’30*
1973 Winthrop C. Libby ’32*
1972 Artemus E. Weatherbee ’39*
1971 Kenneth C. Foster ’34*
1970 Ray M. Boynton ’20*
1969 Herbert E. Bragg ’25*
1968 Roger C. Wilkins ’29*
1967 Arthur B. Richardson ’11*
1966 Dr. Monroe Romansky ’33*
1965 Louis Schweitzer ’19*
2018 Hon. John E. Baldacci ’86
2017 Donna Loring ’86
2017 Paula Noyes Singer ’66
2016 Dr. David Bronson ’69
2016 Maj Gen Peter T. Berry ’61
2015 Dr. Robert LaPrade ’81
2014 Bernd Heinrich ’64
2013 Adm. Gregory G. Johnson ’68
2012 David Lamb ’62 *
2011 Alan R. Furth ’78
2010 Maj. Gen. John “Bill” Libby ’66
2009 Franklin Van Antwerpen ’64*
2008 Dorothea Butler Marsden ’50
2007 F. William Smullen III ’62
2006 Cynthia Nelson ’55*
2005 John D. Buckley ’49*
2004 Olympia J. Snowe ’69
2003 George H. Ellis ’41*
2002 John H. Reed ’42*
2001 Clifford J. Rosen, M.D. ’71
2000 Francis “Andy” Andrews ’42*
1999 Stanley Falkow ’55
1998 Frederick E. Hutchinson ’53*
1997 Alice R. Stewart ’37*
1996 Mary-‘Vesta Marston-Scott ’46
1995 Beryl Warner Williams ’35*
1994 Maurice K. Goddard ’35*
1993 Bernard Lown, M.D. ’42
1992 Robert F. Chandler, Jr. ’29*
1991 William W. Treat ’40*
1990 John Alvin Pierce ’28*
1989 Dr. John J. Murray, Jr. ’37*
1988 Dr. Seldon E. Bernstein ’49
1987 Doris Twitchell Allen ’23*
1986 J. Edward DeCourcy ’34*
1985 Frank W. Hussey ’25*
1984 Lawrence W. Davee ’22*
1983 Thomas E. Lynch ’38*
1982 Malcolm G. Long ’32*
1981 Stephen E. King ’70
1980 George P. Hitchings ’37*
1979 Hazen H. Ayer ’24*
1978 Raymond H. Fogler ’15*
1977 Marion E. Martin ’35*
1976 Dr. Harold H. Beverage ’15*
1975 Colby H. Chandler ’50
1974 Dr. Louise Bates Ames ’30*
1973 Winthrop C. Libby ’32*
1972 Artemus E. Weatherbee ’39*
1971 Kenneth C. Foster ’34*
1970 Ray M. Boynton ’20*
1969 Herbert E. Bragg ’25*
1968 Roger C. Wilkins ’29*
1967 Arthur B. Richardson ’11*
1966 Dr. Monroe Romansky ’33*
1965 Louis Schweitzer ’19*
*denotes deceased